Surgical Robotics Company Vicarious Surgical To Merge With D8 SPAC In $1.1Bn Deal

Vicarious Surgical, whose medical robot received US FDA breakthrough designation, announced it will merge with D8 Holdings Corp. The deal is expected to garner up to $460m.

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Medical robotics company Vicarious Surgical announced on 15 April it will merge with blank check company D8 Holdings Corp. in a deal that values the combined company at about $1.1bn.

Boston-based Vicarious Surgical, co-founded by Adam Sachs, Sam Khalifa, Barry Greene in 2014, is backed by prominent tech leaders including...

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